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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:47 
Transit: 13:03 
Sunset: 21:19
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δ Scuti (delta Scuti)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:58 | Tran: 1:14 | Set: 6:26
Alt: -47.35°   Az: 352.76°   Direction: North

δ Scuti is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Scutum.

δ Scuti visual magnitude is 4.72. Because of its moderate brightness, δ Scuti is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of δ Scuti (delta Scuti) star
DSS2 image of δ Scuti. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Scuti during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 43m 40s
-09° 01’ 33”
11h 40m 10s
06h 23m 50s

J2000

18h 42m 16s
-09° 03’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

23.83°
-2.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Scuti (delta Scuti).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.72
Giant
δ Scuti is also a De chemically peculiar star.

0.93
F2III
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where δ Scuti is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of δ Scuti. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

δ Scuti is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ Scuti double sysyem:

4.72
9.22
4.5
52.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Scuti is distant 186.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

57.34
186.93
-45 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Scuti
(delta Scuti)
SAO142515
SAO142515

Visibility from Your Location

Today's δ Scuti (delta Scuti) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.0°
Max altitude: 29.5°
Azimuth: 261.0°